On a recent trip to the French Polynesia, New Zealand and Australia, had easily arranged for the "Coast to Coast Tour" offered by Donna & Stuart was easily arranged in advance via email.

Reflecting back on this month long trip, with its many tours, all agree that the "Coast to Coast Tour" is truely one of a handful of the vacation highlights. Being only in New Zealand, North Island, for 3 days one struggled on how to make the most of the time. The full one day "Coast to Coast Tour" was a really rich solution for one of the days. It was not just what one saw; e.g. rain forest, coastal views, gannet colony, hearty food, visit to the family farm....but the positive attitude and energy Donna, Stuart and their family brought to the tour.

The tour was very comprehensive, but at no time did one feel shepherded along (so often seen on other comprehensive tours). It was great to be treated as long time family friends, while the group poked around inside their home and out on the farm. Then there's the remembrance of Donna's Kiwi Pavlova. Yummy. And for the lunch on the road, Stuart just said order anything one wanted from the menu. You don't see that very often. Finally, the Coast to Coast Tour vehicle was very comfortable.

Bottom line, this is a 5 star tour *****

Tom